The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27


The Y. NJ. c. A. held its first Ami
versary in the Southern Methodist
Church last Monday night,
G. J. st. John, Jr., lately appointed
special pension examiner, has been
stationed at Defiance, Chic.
Guns and Cutlery at G. X. Lide's.
Cole. H. Nimson, General Superip-
tendent Of the e. T. & w. N. G. r. r.
has our thanks for ANIMALS for 1887.
Col. G, Powell and DR.. r. NJ. Rhea,
OF Knoxville, came up Tuesday night
and returned Wednesday morning.
Women love brave, manly fellow,
but Judging from the records of the
Divorce Courts they generally marry
some other chap.
While the price of coal is rising
there is some small comfort in the
promise that there Will be an album
dance of ice next summer
Nails Nails!! Nailslll at
G, X. Lide's.
Aesthetic Jeff Duff, of the Jonesvile
Herald, has introduced new feature
in journalism. The last issue of the
Herald is printed on cold gold" paper.
Knoxville need not be in too big a
hurry to let the E. r. V. & G. R. R.
shops 60 to Chattanooga. Johnson
City wants to bid on them.
Knoxville makes great fuss over
two sawmills. Johnson City has 10
right back of her and has never made
half the fuss about them.
J. A. Martin has the thanks of that
portion of the town lying East OF the
Narrow Gauge road for the substan-
tial improvement made in the walk
at the railroad.
The article from Milligan College
was left out because the writer forgot
to sign his name. We cannot take
any notice OF communication unless
we have the name of the writer
Mayor Dickinson left yesterday
morning for Nashville to see that the
special bills relating to Johnson City,
and introduced by Hon. ]. NJ. Sinner
ly few days ago, are pushed through
as rapidly as possible.
The Southern Drummer is the latest
newspaper venture in Knoxville. 1t
is published monthly by Messrs. J. H.
Atkin and Russ Harrison, and is de-
voted exclusively to the building up
OF Knoxville.
THE COMET acknowledges the re-
ceipt OF an invitation to the Eighteenth
anniversary of the Philothesmian Lit
erary Society of King College, Bristol,
Tenn, to be celebrated on Friday,
February 4th.
Will give you heavy winter goods
very cheap for the next 80 days, in or
der to make room for our spring stock
such as Newmarkets, cloaks, walking
jackets, shawls, heavy boots, overcoats,
&c. kirkpatrick & Co.
A horse belonging to Mr.. G. H.
Matthews, one of our livery men, drop
ped dead last Tuesday on the Boren
hill, about one mile north of town,
while being driven in hack by Mr.. R.
M. Staples.
"The Louisiana State Lottery tickets
have been cOunterfeited and a great
number have been sold" Perhaps
that accounts for the large number OF
"blanks" that are drawn in johnson
City every month.
Mr. D. H. Taylor, of Washington
D. c., spent Tuesday with homefolks
in Carter county, on his return from
Nashville to Washington. He attend
ed the inaugural ceremonies of his
brother, the Governor.
A fashion item says that "new peck
etbooks are long and slender. We
find a great deal of consolation in
that fashion, and will no longer be
ashamed to display slender" peck.
etbook. We would prefer, however,
the long and plethoric style.
Rev. w. r. Barnett has been con
Quoting a revival service at the NJ. f
Church, South, for the past two weeks
Considerable interest has been mani
tested this week and hope is entertain
ed that much good may yet be accom-
plished.
DR.. Bailey is al enterprising citizen
but shows decided lack of Judgment
in locating his road at Bristol instead o
at Johnson City His road is being
built to Bristol, however, and will b,
completed shortly. Hurry it up, Cou
rier, Johnson City will furnish mark